| 拆 | chāi | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open |
| 拆卸 | chāi xiè | to unload; to dismantle |
| 拆开 | chāi kāi | to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick |
| 拆除 | chāi chú | to tear down; to demolish; to dismantle; to remove |
| 拆毁 | chāi huǐ | to dismantle; to demolish |
| 拆散 | chāi sàn | to break up (a marriage, family etc) |
| 拆洗 | chāi xǐ | to unpick and wash (e.g. padded garment) |
| 拆下 | chāi xià | to dismantle; to take apart |
| 拆借 | chāi jiè | short term loan |
| 拆分 | chāi fēn | separate; broken up into separate items |
| 拆字 | chāi zì | fortune telling by unpicking Chinese characters |
| 拆息 | chāi xī | daily interest on a loan |
| 拆放款 | chāi fàng kuǎn | funds on call; invested sum that can be cashed |
| 拆东墙补西墙 | chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng | lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 拆东补西 | chāi dōng bǔ xī | lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul |
| 拆用 | chāi yòng | to tear down and reuse; to cannibalize |
| 拆穿 | chāi chuān | to expose; to unmask; to see through (a lie etc) |
| 拆线 | chāi xiàn | to remove stitches (from a wound) |
| 拆台 | chāi tái | to undermine; destructive spoiling |
| 拆解 | chāi jiě | to disassemble |
| 拆账 | chāi zhàng | to work in an enterprise for a share of the profits |
| 拆迁 | chāi qiān | to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants |
